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Mahalia Violet Barnes (born 12 July 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Scottish-Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes and Jane Mahoney. She began performing as part of children's pop group The Tin Lids with siblings, Eliza-Jane "E.J.", Elly-May Barnes, and Jackie Barnes. She later formed her own band, Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates, and has recorded four albums with them. She has collaborated with Joe Bonamassa, both in studio and in live performance, as well as other musical artists, including work as a backing vocalist.
When she was eight, Barnes joined younger siblings Eliza-Jane "E.J." and Jackie Barnes for the recording sessions of their father's Two Fires album. Their voices are among the children's choir that features on the track "When Your Love is Gone". From the age of nine, she formed part of the children's singing group The Tin Lids with siblings"E.J.", Jackie, and Elly-May Barnes. Their Christmas 1991 album, Hey Rudolph!, was a platinum-selling album.
Barnes auditioned for the first season of the Australian version of The Voice with the song "Proud Mary", the episode of which was broadcast on 22 April 2012 on the Nine Network. All coaches pressed their buttons (the first was Keith Urban), then realised that she was in fact Jimmy Barnes's daughter. Mahalia chose to join Joel Madden's team. Mahalia was eliminated in the battle ring when she was pitted against Prinnie Stevens, who is very close to Mahalia. as the "Pavlova". She finished eighth after being eliminated in the fifth episode.
She has also sung with her friend R&B singer Jade MacRae, who later worked as a backup singer for her father. With MacRae and Kara Grainger, she sang as a guest vocalist on the debut album of the Sydney band The Hands (whose members include session musicians Clayton Doley and Lachy Doley), Live And Breathe (2004).
Barnes became Reece Mastin's manager in early 2015, when he was signed to Social Family Records.
Career
Solo and with her band
she has recorded four albums with her band Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates: ''Mahalia Barnes + the Soul Mates Volume 1'' (2008); ''Mahalia Barnes + the Soul Mates Volume 2'' (2012); ''Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook'' (2015); and ''Hard Expectations'' (2018).
With Joe Bonamassa
Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook, released in February 2015, is a tribute to American funk/soul singer Betty Davis, and was Barnes' first collaboration with Joe Bonamassa. The album was produced by Kevin Shirley. The collaboration came about after Barnes had played some Davis tracks to producer Shirley, who suggested recording the album and inviting Bonamassa (whose music he had previously produced) to be part of the process. Barnes continued to collaborate with Bonamassa, including as a back-up singer on his studio album Blues of Desperation. She was invited to tour with him several times, including on his 2017 European tour., 28 June 2023
Other work and collaborations
Barnes has often worked with her father Jimmy, and recorded a duet with him, "Gonna Take Some Time", released as the second single from his album Double Happiness) in 2005.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
"Gonna Take Some Time"
(with Jimmy Barnes)2005 31 Double Happiness "I'm Just Not Ready for Love"
(as Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates)2008 — Volume 1 "Steppin in Her I. Miller Shoes"
(as Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates featuring Joe Bonamassa)2015 — Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook
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Categories: 1982 Births, Living People, Australian Women Singer-songwriters, Australian Soul Singers, Australian People Of Scottish-jewish Descent, Australian People Of Thai Descent, The Voice Contestants, Singers From Sydney, Australian Child Singers, 21st-century Australian Women Singers, Swan Family, 21st-century Australian Singers, Australian Children's Musicians, Provogue Records Artists, 21st-century Australian Singer-songwriters
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